Sunday, July 8, 2012

Moving on Up!!! Or to the new House

It’s been three weeks since we made the blue and yellow
house our home.I could say I was sorry
for not posting this sooner, but truth be told, I haven’t really had enough
time to myself to be sorry.I don’t
really talk about everything that happened in between.You know: First Citizens being jack wagons,
the sellers not completing their end of the deal in a timely manner or
closing.It was just a bunch of
frustration that is FINALLY over and we’re moving on, moving in and moving up.

Jason got to patch up all of the holes while we waited to go to the Lawyer's office the morning of closing

So moving day was fun….said no one ever.Ugh!!I hate moving day.Closing on the
house was at 1 pm and we got out of the lawyer’s office around 2.Jason and I promptly returned to the rental
and grabbed the first load.I had Pop’s
truck and Dad’s trailer, Jason had his own truck and his Grandpa’s
trailer.

We proceeded to the new house and quickly unloaded.By the second uploading of stuff, we had
reinforcements.My mom and dad both
responded to our cries of help and even Jason’s boss David came.Mom and Dad with the Jimmy SUV and David with
his truck.Mom also went ahead and
packed the Camry too.So to count, we
had 3 trucks, 2 trailers, 1 SUV and 1 car fully loaded with stuff.Multiply that by 3 trips and then one extra
mini trip with just Jason and I to end the night.

Jason's in the front, then David, then Dad, then Mom and I'm pulling up the rear!

All of the vehicles!! And our stuff

Whew…too much stuff!!!What was I thinking?

I was probably thinking that I needed it, which I didn’t.But that’s ok.Lesson learned…the hard way.

By the end of the day the only thing we had set up was the
mattress and the sheets, on the floor.We hadn’t bothered to turn on the A/C since we had the doors open all
day, so it was 84 degrees in the new house.We went to bed using only the top sheet and were still hot.Jason set the A/C to 62 and then we tried to
snooze.That was at 11:30.At 1 am we both were awake shivering.The A/C works well!

Day 2 consisted of additional trips for me and Jason as well
as my Dad.Dad and I went to Winston to
get a fridge.Needed.Jason continued pulling things from the
rental and bringing them to the new house.We met up at the new house around 11 with additional company: Grams , my
Aunt Kathe, my lil’ cuz Joey and my Pops.Pops spent the entire morning mowing the yard.Bless his heart.3 hours and that was non-stop going at speed
5.Yowzers.Grams, Kathe and Joey helped un-pack the
kitchen.Jason and Dad rearranged
furniture upon my request and I’m really at a loss for what I did all day.After everyone headed home around 2 or 2:30,
I was ready for a nap.But my oh-so-lovely
future husband wouldn’t let me.We had
to go to the rental where my dear mother and sister had spent most of the day
cleaning.Bless their hearts.

Side
note:they took their dog Wetmore with
them.He suffers from sepearation
anxiety.These are my father’s exact
words:“Melinda, you’re not paying
attention to Wetmore, so he’s eating the paper towels”Ha Ha, I thought it was funny.

4 comments:

Dad and I are very happy for both of you and we plan to spend time at your new house. Hopefully playing with the dogs, playing corn hole, or watching a Panthers game. Maybe we can do some work...... maybe not.

Moving into the house is certainly one of the most exciting things to do for a new homeowner. And you certainly have a lot of stuff to move into your new house, considering how many trips you took and how many vehicles you used. Sorry to hear that you had trouble with the sellers at the end of the deal. The contract should be carefully prepared and filed to avoid problems like this.